John Hawkes Quotes

Brainwashed Choices in Afterlife Conversations

Yan They feed him t-bone steak and he refuses to come back.

Kneller Freddy has been brainwashed.

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Winter's Bone

Struggles of Loyalty and Shame

Ree What I really can’t stand is how I feel so ashamed--for Dad.

Teardrop Well, he loved y’all. That’s where he went weak. Lots of us can be tough, plenty tough enough, and do it for a long stretch, too.

Ree But snitching.

Teardrop For lots’n lots of years he wasn’t. He wasn’t, he wasn’t, and then one day he was.

Ree You always have scared me.

Teardrop That’s cause you’re smart.

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Me and You and Everyone We Know

Karma and Neighborly Discounts in Conversation

Andrew Dude, did you just give her the family discount?

Richard Swersey Yeah. She's my neighbor, and I'm trying to work on my karma. Do you know what karma means?

Andrew Yeah.

Richard Swersey It means that she owes me one.

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Me and You and Everyone We Know

Struggling to Save One's Life

Christine Jesperson Whoa, what happened?

[seeing his bandage]

Richard Swersey You want the short version or the long one?

Christine Jesperson The long one.

Richard Swersey I tried to save my life but it didn't work.

Christine Jesperson Wow. What's the short one?

Richard Swersey I burned it.

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From Dusk Till Dawn

Tension in a High-Stakes Situation

Richie Gecko The guy's back there taking a piss. Why don't I just go there, shoot him in the back of the head, and we'll get the hell outta here.

Pete Bottoms Don't do that! Look, you asked me to act natural, and I'm acting as natural. In fact, under the circumstances, I think I ought get a fuckin Academy Award for how natural I'm acting.

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Me and You and Everyone We Know

The Importance of Experience and Connection

Richard Swersey It needs air. It needs to do some living. Let's take my hand for a walk.

[after taking off the bandage from his hand]

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Me and You and Everyone We Know

The Value of Having a Home

Richard Swersey You know some kids don't even have one home and now you get to have two. Think about that.

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Me and You and Everyone We Know

Assessing Fit Without Direct Contact

Richard Swersey We will never touch your foot with our hands. Now I'll tell you what I can do, I can press on the shoe to see if it fits. I can go like this.

[presses the toe of the shoe]

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Me and You and Everyone We Know

Deserving Pain and Its Perception

Richard Swersey You think you deserve that pain but you don't.

Christine Jesperson I mean, they kind of rub my ankles, but all shoes does that. I have low ankles.

Richard Swersey You think you deserve that pain, but you don't.

Christine Jesperson I don't think I deserve it.

Richard Swersey Well, not consciously maybe.

Christine Jesperson My ankles are just low...

Richard Swersey People think that foot pain is a fact of life, but life is actually better than that.

Michael I'll say. You should get some. Your whole life could be better. Just starting right now.

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Wristcutters: A Love Story

A Conversation About Steak Thickness

Kneller T-bone steak?

Yan 16 ounces, thick cut.

Kneller Dammit.

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From Dusk Till Dawn

Frustrations of a Difficult Day

Pete Bottoms Whatsamatter?

Earl McGraw Ah, it's just been a shit-ass day, every inch of it hot and miserable. First off, Nadine at the Blue Chip got some sorta sick, so that mongoloid boy of hers was working the grill. That fucking idiot don't know rat shit from Rice Krispies. I ate breakfast at nine, was puking up pigs in a blanket like a sick dog by 10:30.

[''sighs'']

Pete Isn't there a law or something against retards serving food to the public?

McGraw Well, if there ain't there sure ought to be. Who knows what goes on inside mongoloid's mind?

Pete You could sue the shit out of her, you know. That kid belongs under a circus tent, not flipping burgers. You could own that fucking place.

McGraw What the hell would I do with that grease pit? Besides, Nadine's got enough of a cross to bear just taking care of that potato head.

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From Dusk Till Dawn

Tension Over a Customer's Presence

Pete Bottoms Look, he comes in here everyday, and we bullshit. He's used my toilet a thousand times. If I said no, he'd know somethin was up.

[about McGraw]

Seth Gecko I want him out of here, in his car, and down the road within the next five minutes, or you can change the name of this place to Benny's World of Blood.

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Me and You and Everyone We Know

Discussion About a Chore Wheel

Robby Mom says we have a chore wheel.

Richard Swersey What?

Peter Swersey Nothing.

Robby A chore wheel. You put chores on it and then you can spin it. There's this metal thing and it helps it to spin. It's spinning from the metal.

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Deadwood: The Movie

Considering Political Aspirations Amidst Adversity

Al Swearengen Maybe you oughta think about running for office? Outnumbered, as we are, by shit-birds.

Sol Star Food for thought, Mr. Swearengen.

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Me and You and Everyone We Know

Yearning for Magic and Meaning in Life

Richard Swersey I don't want to have to do this living. I just walk around. I want to be swept off my feet, you know? I want my children to have magical powers. I am prepared for amazing things to happen. I can handle it.

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Everest

Climbing Everest: Beauty, Competition, and Preparation

Anatoli Boukreev We don't need competition between people. There is competition between every person and this mountain. The last word always belongs to the mountain.

Doug Hansen I'm climbing Mount Everest... because I can... because to be able to climb that high and see that kind of beauty that nobody ever sees, it'd be a crime not to.

Helen Wilton That's the cooking tent, and over there is the toilet. It's a little bit drafty, but just remember that when the wind gets up here, you've got the same view that George Everest did.

Caroline MacKenzie From a medical standpoint getting you to the top of Everest is really about oxygen. And the lack of it. To give you the best chance of summiting you need to prepare your bodies for the thin air up there.

The Peanut Butter Falcon

Conflict Over Crab Pots and Traps

Duncan You pulled my pots? Huh? You stealing crab now?

Obese black man Come on Dunc'!

Duncan I've been laying pots for years. Powell's Point was Mark's, but Mark is gone.

Ratboy Can't lay traps here no more.

Duncan Well, I guess taking shit that don't belong to you runs in the family, you know.

Ratboy You bitch.

Duncan You got no license now. You know how things are done around here, Tyler. There's ten crabbing licenses to go around Deer County.

Obese black man Put them hands on him Dunc'! Get him!

Duncan This used to belong to Mark, but now it says Duncan-

[''Tyler punches Duncan who gut kicks Tyler knocking him to the ground with Ratboy kicking Tyler'']

Obese black man Kick him again, Duncan!

Duncan You owe me twenty pots. Touch my gear again, I shit you not, I'll bash your skull in with a tire iron!

Ratboy You hear that?! You can't fish, and you sure as shit can't fight! You're still doing accounting!

[''Leans over Tyler''; ''Kicks sand in Tyler's face and walks away'']

Winter's Bone

The Complexity of Knowledge and Responsibility

Teardrop You ought not do that. Don’t go running after Jessup. Show or don’t show that choice is up to the one going to jail, not you.

Ree You know where he’s at, don’t you?

Teardrop Where a man’s at ain’t necessarily for you to know neither.

Ree But you do...

Teardrop I ain’t seen him.

Ree Could be running around with Little Arthur and them, you think?

Teardrop Don’t you ever go down around Little Arthur’s asking them people about shit they ain’t offering to talk about. That’s a real good way to end up et by hogs, or wishing you was.

Ree We’re all related ain’t we?

Teardrop Our relations get watered kinda thin between here and Little Arthur’s.

Victoria You know all those people, Teardrop. You could ask.

Teardrop Shut up.

Victoria None of them’s gonna be in a great big hurry to tangle with you.

Teardrop I said shut up once already with my mouth.

Ree Jesus, Dad’s your only brother.

Teardrop You think I forgot that? Hmm? Jessup and me run together for coming on forty years but I don’t know where he’s at, and I ain’t going to go around asking after him neither.

Winter's Bone

Family Loyalty and Responsibility in Crisis

Teardrop What Jessup done was against our ways, he knew it. I know it, and I ain’t raised no stink at all about whatever became of him. But she ain’t my brother. She’s about all the close family I got left, so I’ll be collecting her now and carrying her on out of here to home. That suit you, Thump?

Thump Milton You’re gonna stand for her, are you?

Teardrop If she does wrong, you can put it on me.

Thump Milton She’s now yours to answer for.

Teardrop This is a girl who ain’t gonna tell nobody nothing.

Memorable Quotes from John Hawkes